As his Olivier-nominated The Tiger Who Came to Tea roars back into the West End, the playwright and director on the 'other' Matilda and why failure is not an option in children's playsDavid Wood is used to people asking him if he is jealous of the success of Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in the West End. Before the arrival of those mega-musicals, Wood was the premier page-to-stage adapter of the novel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AM on July 3, 2014